Sutra-Thread

sū́tra - a thread , yarn , string , line , cord , wire; that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything , rule , direction; a short sentence or aphoristic rule , and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads (these sūtra works form manuals of teaching…

a short sentence or aphoristic rule , and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads (these

sūtra works form manuals of teaching in ritual , philosophy , grammar &c : e.g. in ritual there are first the śrauta-sūtras , and among them the kalpa-sūtras , founded directly on śrutiq.v. ; they form a kind of rubric to Vedic ceremonial , giving concise rules for the performance of every kind of sacrifice [ IW. 146 &c ] ; other kinds of śruti works are the gṛhya-sūtras and sāmayācārika or dharma-sūtras i.e. " rules for domestic ceremonies and conventional customs " , sometimes called collectively smārta-sūtras [as founded on smṛti or " tradition " »smārta] ; these led to the later dharmaśāstras or " law-books " [ IW. 145] ; in philosophy each system has its regular text-book of aphorisms written in sūtras by its supposed founder [ IW. 60 &c ] ; in vyākaraṇa or grammar there are the celebrated sūtras of pāṇini in eight books , which are the groundwork of a vast grammatical literature ; with Buddhists , pāśupatas &c the term sūtra is applied to original text books as opp. to explanatory works ; with jainas they form part of the dṛṣṭivāda) IW. 162 &c

Sanskrit Words for Thread - Sutra and 141 Others

sūtra (H2) sū́tra [p= 1241,3] [L=251185] n. (accord. to g. ardhacā*di also m. ; fr. √ siv , " to sew " , and connected with sūci and sūnā) a thread , yarn , string , line , cord , wire AV. &c[L=251186] a measuring line (cf. -pāta) Hariv. VarBr2S. &c[L=251187] the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes (cf. yajño*pavīta) BhP.[L=251188] a girdle ib.[L=251189] a fibre Ka1lid.[L=251190] a line , stroke MBh. VarBr2S. Gol.[L=251191] a sketch , plan Ra1jat.[L=251192] that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything , rule , direction BhP.[L=251193] a short sentence or aphoristic rule , and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads (these sūtra works form manuals of teaching in ritual , philosophy , grammar &c : e.g. in ritual there are first the śrauta-sūtras , and among them the kalpa-sūtras , founded directly on śruti q.v. ; they form a kind of rubric to Vedic ceremonial , giving concise rules for the performance of every kind of sacrifice [ IW. 146 &c ] ; other kinds of śruti works are the gṛhya-sūtras and sāmayācārika or dharma-sūtras i.e. " rules for domestic ceremonies and conventional customs " , sometimes called collectively smārta-sūtras [as founded on smṛti or " tradition " » smārta] ; these led to the later dharmaśāstras or " law-books " [ IW. 145] ; in philosophy each system has its regular text-book of aphorisms written in sūtras by its supposed founder [ IW. 60 &c ] ; in vyākaraṇa or grammar there are the celebrated sūtras of pāṇini in eight books , which are the groundwork of a vast grammatical literature ; with Buddhists , pāśupatas &c the term sūtra is applied to original text books as opp. to explanatory works ; with jainas they form part of the dṛṣṭivāda) IW. 162 &c[L=251194] a kind of tree DivyA7v.

" knowing or teaching the ācāra or rules " , a spiritual guide or teacher (especially one who invests the student with the sacrificial thread , and instructs him in the vedas , in the law of sacrifice and religious mysteries [ Mn. ii , 140 ; 171]) AV. S3Br. &c

that ceremony in which a Guru draws a boy towards himself and initiates him into one of the three twice-born classes (one of the twelve

saṃskāras or purificatory rites [prescribed in the dharma-sūtras and explained in the gṛhya-sūtras] in which the boy is invested with the sacred thread [different for the three castes] and thus endowed with second or spiritual birth and qualified to learn the veda by heart ; a Brahman is initiated in the eighth year [or seventh according to hiraṇyakeśin ; or eighth from conception , according to śāṅkhāyana&c ] , a kṣatriya in the eleventh , a vaiśya in the twelfth ; but the term could be delayed)

vedā*ntaphil.) a term for the three sheaths or succession of cases which make up the various frames of the body enveloping the soul (these are , 1. the ānanda-maya k° or " sheath of pleasure " , forming the kāraṇa-śarīra or " causal frame " ; 2. the vijñāna-maya or buddhi-m° or mano-m° or prā*ṇa-m° k° , " the sheath of intellect or will or life " , forming the sūkṣma-śarīra or " subtile frame " ; 3. the anna-m° k° , " the sheath of nourishment " , forming the sthūla-śarīra or " gross frame ") Veda7ntas.

an attribute of the 5 elements (each of which has its own peculiar quality or qualities as well as organ of sense ; thus 1. ether has

śabda , or sound for its guṇa and the ear for its organ ; 2. the air has tangibility and sound for its guṇas and the skin for its organ ; 3. fire or light has shape or colour , tangibility , and sound for its guṇas , and the eye for its organs ; 4. water has flavour , shape , tangibility , and sound for its guṇas , and the tongue for its organ ; 5. earth has the preceding guṇas , with the addition of its own peculiar guṇa of smell , and the nose for its organ) Mn. i , 20 and 76-78MBh. xii , 6846 ff.S3ak. i , 1BhP. iii , 5 , 35

a householder , Brahman in the 2nd period of his religious life (performing the duties of the master of a house and father of a family after having finished his studies and after investiture with the sacred thread ; cf.RTL. pp. 138 ; 150 ; 362 & 386) Gaut. A1p. Mn. BhP. vii , &c

" putting on the pavitra " , investiture with the Brahmanical cord , (esp.) investing the image of kṛṣṇa or another deity with the sacred thread , N. of a festival on the 12th day of the light half of śrāvaṇa or aṣāḍhaPan5c.

pavitrārohaṇa

(H3)

pavitrā*rohaṇa [L=120477]

n.

investing with the sacred thread (cf.°ropaṇa) , N. of a festival in honour of durgā on the 8th day of the light half of śrāvaṇa or aṣāḍhaL.

the spirit which connects the totality of subtle bodies like a thread =sūsrā*tman (sometimes called hiraṇya-garbha) , vital or animal soul (the lowest of the 3 souls of a human being ; the other 2 being jīvā*tman and paramā*tman) Tarkas. (cf.IW. 114) .

sūtra work treating of the knowledge of brahma (esp. the aphorisms of the vedā*nta philosophy ascribed to bādarāyaṇa or vyāsa , also called bādarāyaṇa- or vedā*nta- or vyāsa- or śārīraka-sūtra , and uttara- or brahma-mīmāṃsā)

sthāvira , old age ; anyam bhāvam āpadyate , euphem. = he dies ; state of being anything , esp.ifc.e.g.bālabhāva , the state of being a child , childhood =bālatā , or tva ; sometimes added pleonastically to an abstract noun e.g.tanutā-bhāva , the state of thinness) Up. S3rS. MBh. &c

rhet.) passion , emotion (2 kinds of bhāvas are enumerated , the sthāyin or primary , and vyabhicārin or subordinate ; the former are 8 or 9 according as the rasas or sentiments are taken to be 8 or 9 ; the latter 33 or 34) Ka1v. Sa1h. Prata1p. &c

the investiture of youths of the three twice-born castes with the sacred thread or (in later times) the thread itself (worn over the left shoulder and hanging down under the right ; originally put on only during the performance of sacred ceremonies but its position occasionally changed [cf.prācīnāvītin , nivītin] ; in modern times assumed by other castes , as by the vaidyas or medical caste in Bengal ; cf.upanayana and IW. 192) TBr. &c

partic. occasions (esp. on the full moon of śrāvaṇa , either as an amulet and preservative against misfortune , or as a symbol of mutual dependence , or as a mark of respect) MW.

rakṣī

(H2B)

rakṣī [L=173093.1]

f.

a piece of thread or silk bound round the wrist on partic. occasions (esp. on the full moon of śrāvaṇa , either as an amulet and preservative against misfortune , or as a symbol of mutual dependence , or as a mark of respect) MW.

(scil.yajño*pavīta) the sacred thread worn over the left shoulder (acc. with √ kṛ , " to put the sacred thread over the left shoulder ") Ka1tyS3r. Sch. ([accord. to some for skavya , cf.Gk.σκαιός ; Lat.scaevus ; accord. to others for syavyacf.Slav.s8uji7]).

satya-vat (king of śālva ; she was daughter of aśva-pati , king of madra , and is regarded as a type of conjugal love ; her story is the subject of a fine episode of the mahā-bhārata ; »sāvitryupā*khyāna) MBh. R. BhP.

a short sentence or aphoristic rule , and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads (these

sūtra works form manuals of teaching in ritual , philosophy , grammar &c : e.g. in ritual there are first the śrauta-sūtras , and among them the kalpa-sūtras , founded directly on śrutiq.v. ; they form a kind of rubric to Vedic ceremonial , giving concise rules for the performance of every kind of sacrifice [ IW. 146 &c ] ; other kinds of śruti works are the gṛhya-sūtras and sāmayācārika or dharma-sūtras i.e. " rules for domestic ceremonies and conventional customs " , sometimes called collectively smārta-sūtras [as founded on smṛti or " tradition " »smārta] ; these led to the later dharmaśāstras or " law-books " [ IW. 145] ; in philosophy each system has its regular text-book of aphorisms written in sūtras by its supposed founder [ IW. 60 &c ] ; in vyākaraṇa or grammar there are the celebrated sūtras of pāṇini in eight books , which are the groundwork of a vast grammatical literature ; with Buddhists , pāśupatas &c the term sūtra is applied to original text books as opp. to explanatory works ; with jainas they form part of the dṛṣṭivāda) IW. 162 &c

" self-seizing " , N. of a daughter of nirmārṣṭi (and duḥsaha ; she is described as exercising an evil influence on certain substances e.g. by abstracting the colour from saffron and the thread from cotton) Ma1rkP.

svayaṃhārikā

(H3)

svayaṃ--hārikā [L=258548]

f.

" self-seizing " , N. of a daughter of nirmārṣṭi (and duḥsaha ; she is described as exercising an evil influence on certain substances e.g. by abstracting the colour from saffron and the thread from cotton) Ma1rkP.

svayaṃhārī

(H3)

svayaṃ--hārī [L=258549]

f.

" self-seizing " , N. of a daughter of nirmārṣṭi (and duḥsaha ; she is described as exercising an evil influence on certain substances e.g. by abstracting the colour from saffron and the thread from cotton) Ma1rkP.